Dunedin's Wall Street and town hall buildings should have warrants of fitness in place in the next few months.
The news comes after it emerged earlier this year neither building had a warrant, despite being owned by the Dunedin City Council, the authority that administers building warrants of fitness.
The council in February acknowledged the two buildings had been without warrants for years, though were ''completely safe''.
The Wall Street mall had no warrant after lax advice on fire protection, and inspections that were not done.
The Town Hall complex also has had no warrant or code of compliance since a rebuild completed in 2013.
Asked for an update yesterday, a spokesman said the Town Hall did not yet have a building warrant of fitness (BWoF), but did have a certificate of public use, so the building was safe.
''The only outstanding item before we can apply for a building warrant of fitness is some additional signage, which we expect to have in place in the next couple of weeks.''
Wall Street also did not yet have a BWoF.
All required work had been completed and the building was safe, the spokesman said.
Under the Building Act, it would not be fully compliant until 12 months of daily checks were completed on October 1.
Once those checks were completed, it would be able to get a warrant.
